Not for me

Shade of Night by Stephen R. Deppermann sounded interesting from the blurb:

"A medical thriller that will leave you guessing all the way to the end.

Dr. Daniel Ross has invented a cure for glaucoma—a debilitating, blinding disorder. He's ecstatic - until his psychopathic boss steals his breakthrough.

Daniel is then framed for stealing secret Department of Defense documents from a server and is now being blackmailed. If he wants his discovery back, he must return what he has not stolen.

Then he has to face deranged assassins (controlled by a mind-altering vaccine), hostile FBI agents, and the possibility of permanent brain damage with only Zina, the exotic granddaughter of a critical patient to help him. Soon a romance develops between them, but is it real? 

Will he recover his invention? Will their romance survive? The answer lies, as the doctor always suspected, in the Shade of Night!

Shade of Night is loaded with surprises, real twists, and comes with an ending you won't see coming."

However, what it does not describe is how conceited and arrogant Dr. Ross is, not to mention the fact that he cannot tell a broken neck when he sees one. This has nothing to do with the author, it is only that I cannot stand those kinds of characters as main characters. I am particular in the main character males that I read. The writing was good; however, I could not get into it, and kind of wished it started off with him being blackmailed because that's what got my attention, not his trying to get 15 minutes of fame.

I am not trying to discourage other people from reading it, but I had to DNF this one about 5 percent in. If you love arrogant, conceited men, then this is the book for you.

1 out of 5 stars.

Starborn

Starborn by Katie Macalister is one of those sagas where it is so bad, and yet somehow, it is so good. I could not put this book down even with those few moments that made me want to. Do not ask me to describe the book because its hard to put into words. There are a lot of horny moments, and honestly, mos,t of the time, it felt like watching a train wreck in slow motion. I loved the characters even as they all started to blur together, there was not a lot to distinguish between the characters. The only thing I did not enjoy was the prologue because the main character in that blurb was so annoying, and I have no clue if it takes place before or after the story. Although I loved the ending where one of the characters is now a wanted fugitive. I'm curious to see where it goes because somehow everything worked together, and I cannot imagine the book any other way.

4.5 out of 5 stars.

Where Do We Begin?

No seriously where do we begin when discussing These Wicked Waters by Emily Layne? Do we start with the fact the first half of the book was so slow that I almost cried because it was like pulling teeth trying to connect to the characters? Or how about there are so many technicalities in the story? Or how about the fact that this is yet another book where once again the writer forgets that the reader is not privy to the author's head?
This book has left me with so many questions and hardly any of them have been answered. Why do some sirens have two tails and others have only one? How does it work? What is the hierarchy for the sirens?
It took me forever to realize that Loreali (I probably misspelled this) her perspective was way in the past even with reading other people's reviews. I mean kudos to the author for doing that and it made the story more interesting when you finally realized that this is happening over a century ago and not like a week before or something like that.
I have a serious question or comment depending on which way a person reads this, but how is it possible for almost every single guy to be considered hot in this book. I was having a hard time picturing what characters looked like half the time because of they all kind of blended together, not to mention that they were all very flat.
The romance between Victor and Annie felt very left field with their kiss in siren infested waters. I wish that the romance had either started earlier or they had stayed as friends because the romance as it stood felt off. Don't get me wrong the hopeless romantic side of me really wanted them to get together, but like most things, in this book, it took too long to get to that point.
Halfway through the story I had to ask myself what was the point of this story.
I am giving this book 3.5 out of 5 stars because the author at least had an original take on sirens. I actually liked that the sirens were bloodthirsty.

West of Sin (Big Time)

West of Sin by Wesley S. Lewis has got to be one of the best books I have read from a male author this year. The main female did not have bouncing boobs or a giant ass and she felt like a real person like I have known people that look and act like that character.

The love interest was spot on and I loved every moment of the book and I was so sad when it ended because I wanted to keep reading it.

This is a definite reread.

5 out of 5 stars (13 out of 5)

Beyond the Longcase Clock

Beyond the Longcase Clock by Hayley Patton is not the worst time-traveling book I have ever read, but it was not the best either. 

It was interesting the places they went to and it felt like the author did some research on it, but there were a lot of slow parts in it. It made me wish I was reading the Ruby Red trilogies because that is the best time-traveling story I have ever read.

There is something about the novel Beyond the Longcase Clock that bugged me, but I cannot put my finger on it.

2.5 out of 5 stars.

An Interesting Siren Story

Thank you Simon & Schuster Canada for allowing me to read an arc of Songs from the Deep by Kelly Powell.

This book is incredible with the characters, and I loved the chemistry between Jude and Moira. However, I would have liked more worldbuilding in the story as I had no clue if this was supposed to be on Earth or a made-up world. Why are the tourists coming to this island to see sirens? Why are the sirens on that island? Has it always been like that, or did something happen to make the relationship between mermaids and humans? How did the sirens come to be?

I always am probably going to sound like a horrible person for this, but I wish it did not start with the death of a little kid because I would much rather be torn about by a kid being killed after I know about him. It began to feel like the author did it because it was a shock factor and a kid, how could someone kill a kid?

I totally forgot I had preordered a copy of the book, but I'm glad I did because now I don't have to repurchase it.

If you like mythical stories, I will recommend reading this book.

4.5 out of 5 stars.

Cold Falling White

First off I would like to thank Simon & Schuster Canada for sending me a copy of this on NetGalley.

Cold Falling White by G.S. Pendergast is one of those books where you need to have read the first book in order to understand what is going on.

The writing is interesting, but I have not read the first book so had no clue what was going on, so I had to stop after the first chapter.

If you have read the first book you will most likely like this book.

3 out of 5 stars.